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Holly Moore's avatar

How many showed up to the No Kings rally in Redding?

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Gene Nelson, Ph.D.'s avatar

Thank you for the advance notice. See also this (pro-open borders) Wall Street Journal article,

"Democrats Are Wary of Playing Into Trump’s Hands by Supporting ‘No Kings,’ L.A. Protests

Some leaders are feeling the long shadow of 2020 demonstrations that sparked GOP backlash,"

By Elizabeth Findell and Annie Linskey June 13, 2025 10:00 pm ET

https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/no-kings-protest-democrats-307ae3ef?st=rftf1U&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

Key Points

1. Democrats are wary of spreading protests against Trump’s immigration policies, fearing a law-and-order backlash.

2. Nationwide “No Kings” protests are planned in response to Trump’s policies.

3. Some see parallels to Black Lives Matter protests, with concerns that violence could damage the movement’s cause.

Democratic leaders are sensing political danger.

Protests against the Trump administration, which are set to continue this weekend after a week of uprising that spread from Los Angeles across the country, have energized a portion of the left-wing base that has been despondent since President Trump’s election. The budding “No Kings” movement gives the left a chance to capitalize on the political moment, in which many people are reacting with fury to Trump’s targeting of noncriminal immigrants for deportations, aggressive tactics of immigration-enforcement agents and deployment of soldiers in response to protest.

But Democrats have struggled to toe the line between taking an aggressive stance against Trump without playing into his hands, especially on matters of law-and-order and illegal immigration. Protests, where anyone can show up and cause trouble, are especially unpredictable.

“The dangers outweigh the potential upsides for Democrats and for Trump, which is not a contradiction,” said Matt Bennett, co-founder of the center-left think tank Third Way. “Trump could go too far; he always does. And the protests could also—and already kind of have—go sideways for us.”.....

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